Spyder Active Sports, Inc. announced that its Spyder Distribution Network (SDN) has added a new, apparel-specific facility in Lewisville, TX that will speed up deliveries to dealers and reps throughout North America.
This move comes after three years of consecutive growth for Spyder, and after assessing the accompanying need to address challenges in its vertical supply chain. Spyder's leadership is confident that in a business where there’s no room for delays, errors, and poor supply chain execution the combination of the new Texas facility and a smoother operating network in the Far East will streamline the way Spyder gets its products to customers.
“We're very excited to bring a state of the art facility online to accommodate Spyder's current and future growth,” said Ellen Welley, Spyder’s VP of Sales for North America. “The new facility has the capacity to sustain that growth for many years to come.”
Spyder said the new Texas facility will enhance SDN in three ways. First, the facility has a century's worth of apparel and apparel supply chain management experience. Second, the facility's capacity to handle six million pick and pack apparel units will enable SDN to accommodate increased demand years into the future. Third, management at the Texas facility understands and is able to accommodate the unique dynamics present in a high-volume peak business operating within seasonal demand windows.
The Texas facility can reach 93 percent of its dealer base within 3 days or less and operates a Free Trade Zone that will enable Spyder to speed up distribution to dealers and reps in Canada.
The Lewisville, TX facility will be brought online as part of the SDN for the Fall 2012 selling season. The SDN will continue to support additional needs of dealers, sales reps, and Spyder’s corporate office with an existing facility in Aurora, CO.
